What's a remix?

[camelotremix]

As promised in the FAQ post ( LJ|DW), here's a post with more details about what remixing usually means as well as some guidelines for what we expect in this challenge.

Comments

(because I obsessively check each link)

[lilian_cho]

The "On Remixing tag" is broken, it should be:

http://community.livejournal.com/remixers_lounge/tag/on%20remixing

(LJ changed "+" to "%20"; I had to change some of my tag links too. Boo.)

Re: (because I obsessively check each link)

[camelotremix]

Argh yeah, thanks for your obsessiveness. That change on LJ screwed up half the links in my fic index.
-Sophie

My remixes rec posts

[lilian_cho]

(I'll try to refrain from spamming this post)

- Six remixredux09 recs (Or, Crossovers are awesome when done right)

- Recs #1 for remixthedrabble (Merlin, HP, GO)

- Recs #2 for remixthedrabble (House, M.D., misc.)

- 2 Dramione Remix Recs

Here are some remixing approaches I considered back in 2008:

[lilian_cho]

Which one sounds more fun?

1) changing the tone of an atmospheric story: telling the story via imagery/description of the environment instead of character's headspace. Somehow.

2) changing the POV of a "meet-cute" story, unreliably revealing the layers of what was said and what was left unsaid.

3) expanding on certain parts of a sarcastic & witty story, focusing on the clueless character(s) AND/OR the character who is "in the know."

#1 is definitely the hardest to do, but a fun exploration of writing styles =)

#2 is relatively easy to do. The "meet cute" occasion is quite charming (not nauseating swooning-heroine-dashing-hero type). The protagonist is such a cardboard in canon that it would be fun showing all the inherent contradictions within *g*

#3 has potentials to be BOTH humorous and dark. It shows the blind side of both the "good guys" and "bad guys." It also gives me the chance to write a character who I largely ignore, if I choose that character as one of the POVs in the story.

I went with option #1 ;-)

[venivincere]

What's the minimum number of Merlin fics I need to have written in order to sign up for Remix?

[venivincere]

Oops -- just saw the FAQs. I've only written one other Merlin fic besides the Big Bang I'm working on now. There's no way I can be eligible in time. :-(

[sophinisba]

Aw, yeah, that is a pretty normal part of the remix set up so people can have a few stories to choose from, although you might want to check out